Character creation ideas

So Neo will not be doing his Superman thing?

Post-retcon Neo probably just has a Fly speed. Pre-retcon Neo has Alter Reality, and so doesn't really need any other stats. Although common Matrix characters can only run as fast as modern performance cars and punching through walls is considered impressive, so they're probably not going to have enough Jump to replicate their feats without some arbitrary multiplier on jump distances, or a +Lots to jump special quality.
 

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You may think that +30 Jump is a lot because +30 to most skills means almost being able to do some of the ridiculous Epic Skills examples from the ELH, but Epic Jump in D&D is notably unimpressive (compared to swimming up a waterfall or running on water). +30 jump and taking 10 means you can do a 10 foot vertical jump. Sure, that's miles better than anything a normal human can do, beating the High Jump world record by 2 feet (and an Olympic athlete will probably have a minor circumstance bonus from favourable equipment and preparation, the world record probably represents a Natural 20 or close to it on the roll, and the Fosbury Flop probably gives a significant circumstance bonus at the expense of knocking the user prone after its use), but it's nothing compared to what you'd expect from a shounen anime lead. Even a +120 Jump modifier (which is only slightly easier to get than a Balance modifier good enough to let you walk on clouds) only lets you jump ten meters straight up.

I multiclassed warblade (monstrous humanoid 1 / monk 8 / warblade 2 right now) and will soon have leaping dragon stance [+10']. My Jump modifier WITH NO BOOST ITEMS is +74. With the 10' boost from stance, it will be effectively +114 for high jumps. With a +30 item, it will be +144. So I seem to be doing ok.
 


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